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Multi-access heat tolerant crematory lift

a crematory lift and multi-access technology, applied in the direction of charge manipulation, furnaces, combustion types, etc., can solve the problems of crematory facilities themselves catching fire, consuming, and affecting the safety of crematory facilities,

Active Publication Date: 2022-02-15
BUETTGEN JOHN J
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Benefits of technology

The present invention is a crematory lift that can be used to lift a person out of a casket or container and support them for introduction into a crematory oven. It has a low profile tiltable support bed that can enter the crematory oven easily. Additionally, it allows for sideward positioning of a container on it while limiting the displacement of the container once it is inside the crematory oven.

Problems solved by technology

This approach to inserting the container into the crematory oven can be dangerous when the decedent exceeds 400 pounds.
If the container comes off the disposable rollers or twists it can become jammed in the oven entrance.
In a worst-case scenario, the crematory facility itself can catch fire and be consumed.
Such a conventional approach then, is not only inconvenient, but potentially hazardous, and in any event runs the risk of falling short of the level of decorum and respect which ought to be shown to the decedent to be cremated.
Other automated known crematory feed apparatus, involving fixed lift tables and drives can be very costly.

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[0021]Referring more particularly to FIGS. 1-7, wherein like numbers refer to similar parts, a crematory lift 20 is shown in FIG. 1. The lift 20 has a frame 22 with two vertically extending members 24 with a carriage 26 slidably mounted thereon. A chain actuator 28 extends between the frame 22 and the carriage 26, such that activation of the chain actuator causes the carriage to travel vertically on the frame 22. The lift 20 may be comprised of a conventional mobile forklift such as those manufactured by Ekko Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing Inc. of Pomona, Calif., modified with oven-straddling legs and a pivoting hydraulically actuated support bed as described below.

[0022]The frame 22 has two legs 30 which are spaced apart from each other a first distance in a cross direction, and which extend away from the frame in a feed direction, which is perpendicular to the cross direction. The first distance may be about 65 inches, to clear the width of a crematory oven 42. The legs...

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Abstract

A crematory lift has a frame with a vertically extending member with a carriage with tines mounted for vertical displacement. A support bed is pivotably mounted to the carriage tines and has a ball segment on its rearward end with rotatable balls permitting sideward positioning of a decedent thereon and a roller segment on the forward end which permits the forward displacement of the decedent. A hydraulic actuator extends between the carriage and the support bed rear where it is remote from the oven's heat and operates to raise and incline the support bed to discharge the decedent into the oven. The support bed has four forward strap mounts with U-shaped slots with strap support tabs which receive straps for lifting of a decedent positioned below the support bed.

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CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]Not applicable.STATEMENT AS TO RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS MADE UNDER FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT[0002]Not applicable.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]The present invention relates to lift devices to present the body of a deceased person (called “the decedent”) to a mortuary crematory oven.[0004]When a decedent is to be cremated, the body, usually within a coffin, box, or other container, is introduced into a high temperature crematory oven, which may reach temperatures of over 1,800 degrees F. In one common current practice, the container is placed on a forklift and is aligned with the crematory oven opening and is supported on paperboard rollers within the oven. Once the oven is fired up, these paperboard rollers are consumed. The support bed is essentially inside the oven, and the lift truck is used to raise the container to the level of the crematory oven opening, which is never at floor level, but always elevated.[0005]Thi...

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IPC IPC(8): F27D3/06B66F9/16B65G13/00F27D3/12F23G1/00
CPCF27D3/06B65G13/00B66F9/16F23G1/00F27D2003/126B66F9/19
Inventor BUETTGEN, JOHN J.
Owner BUETTGEN JOHN J